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Curse

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Noun

1. curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword

profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger

Example Sentences:
'expletives were deleted'

2. condemnation, curse, execration

an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

3. curse, hex, jinx, whammy

an evil spell

Example Sentences:
'a witch put a curse on his whole family'
'he put the whammy on me'

4. bane, curse, nemesis, scourge

something causing misery or death

Example Sentences:
'the bane of my life'

5. curse, torment

a severe affliction

Verb

6. blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate, swear

utter obscenities or profanities

Example Sentences:
'The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street'

7. curse

heap obscenities upon

Example Sentences:
'The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger'

8. anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict

wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Example Sentences:
'The bad witch cursed the child'

9. curse, excommunicate, unchurch

exclude from a church or a religious community

Example Sentences:
'The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Curse

see synonyms of curse
noun
1. 
a profane or obscene expression of anger, disgust, surprise, etc; oath
2. 
an appeal to a supernatural power for harm to come to a specific person, group, etc
3. 
harm resulting from an appeal to a supernatural power
to be under a curse
4. 
something that brings or causes great trouble or harm
5. 
a saying, charm, effigy, etc, used to invoke a curse
6. 
an ecclesiastical censure of excommunication
7.  the curse
verbWord forms: curses, cursing, cursed or archaic curst
8. (intransitive)
to utter obscenities or oaths
9. (transitive)
to abuse (someone) with obscenities or oaths
10. (transitive)
to invoke supernatural powers to bring harm to (someone or something)
11. (transitive)
to bring harm upon
12. (transitive) another word for excommunicate

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Curse

see synonyms of curse
noun
1. 
a calling on God or the gods to send evil or injury down on some person or thing
2. 
a profane, obscene, or blasphemous oath, imprecation, etc. expressing hatred, anger, vexation, etc.
3. 
evil or injury that seems to come in answer to a curse
4. 
any cause of evil or injury
verb transitiveWord forms: cursed, curst,
5. 
to call evil or injury down on; damn
6. 
to swear at; use profane, blasphemous, or obscene language against
7. 
to bring evil or injury on; afflict
verb intransitive
8. 
to utter a curse or curses; swear; blaspheme

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Curse

see synonyms of curse
n.
1.
a. An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
b. Evil or misfortune viewed as resulting from such an appeal: believed that the amulet would ward off curses.
2. A source or cause of evil; a scourge: “Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race” (William Ewart Gladstone).
3. A profane word or phrase; a swearword.
4. Ecclesiastical A censure, ban, or anathema.
5. Offensive Menstruation. Used with the.
v. cursedor curst (kûrst), curs·ing, curs·es
v. tr.
1. To invoke evil or misfortune upon; damn.
2. To swear at: cursed the car because it wouldn't start.
3. To bring evil upon; afflict: was cursed with crippling arthritis.
4. Ecclesiastical To put under a ban or anathema; excommunicate.
v. intr.
To utter curses; swear.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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